[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Fwd: Clever credit card scam Important
- From: Anne Utter <rautt75@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "<barbara17236@xxxxxxx>" <barbara17236@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 16:08:15 -0500
Smart idea.
Sent from Anne's iPad
> On Dec 28, 2014, at 3:21 PM, (Redacted sender "barbara17236@xxxxxxx" for
> DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> And, this is why I buy VISA gift cards and use those for any purchases. That
> way, if the information is stolen, they only get a small amount of money.
>
> Barb Hively - PA
> DNA. It's what makes a white, a German Shepherd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Calabrese <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Showgsd <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sat, Dec 27, 2014 10:48 am
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Fwd: Clever credit card scam Important
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>
> Donna M. Calabrese AKC BREEDER OF MERIT &
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>> From: Dale's I Pad <dalbon2@xxxxxxx>
>> Date: December 27, 2014 at 9:55:16 AM EST
>> To: onaluzlead@xxxxxxx, Louise Minerva <louise12minnie@xxxxxxxxx>, Marylou
>> Muha <lvegaslou@xxxxxxxxx>, Linda Royster <llroyster1947@xxxxxxxxx>,
>> kellyroe@xxxxxxx, Barbara Kinsman <blkterramina@xxxxxxxxx>, JB Walker
>> <honeychile1552@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Fwd: Clever credit card scam Important
>>
>> See below,scary
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> From: Ernesto Castro <ernie1225@xxxxxxx>
>>> Date: December 27, 2014 at 1:41:43 AM EST
>>> To: ddawn@xxxxxxxxx, d2wrights@xxxxxxx, ceverett@xxxxxxxxxx,
>>> jpearsley@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Fwd: Clever credit card scam Important
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ernesto Castro
>>> ernie1225@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ron Wolf <musicalron@xxxxxxx>
>>> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
>>> Sent: Fri, Dec 26, 2014 3:55 pm
>>> Subject: Clever credit card scam
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> This is definitely worth reading and following.
>>>
>>> Parker
>>>
>>> This email I just received from friend has been circulated in prior years,
>>> yet Snopes says it is true.
>>> http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/express.asp
>>>
>>>
>>> There is a new and clever credit card scam.
>>> Please circulate this.
>>> Someone it happened to says it works like this:
>>> Wednesday a week ago, I had a phone call from someone who said that he was
>>> from some outfit called: "Express Couriers" asking if I was going to be
>>> home because there was a package for me, and the caller said that the
>>> delivery would arrive at my home in roughly an hour. And sure enough, about
>>> an hour later, a uniformed delivery man turned up with a beautiful basket
>>> of flowers and wine. I was very surprised since it did not involve any
>>> special occasion or holiday, and I certainly didn't expect anything like
>>> it. Intrigued about who would send me such a gift, I inquired as to who the
>>> sender is. The delivery man's reply was, he was only delivering the gift
>>> package, but allegedly a card was being sent separately; (the card has
>>> never arrived!). There was also a consignment note with the gift. He then
>>> went on to explain that because the gift contained alcohol, there was a
>>> $3.50 "delivery charge" as proof that he had actually delivered the package
>>> to an adult, and not just left it on the doorstep where it could be stolen
>>> or taken by anyone.
>>> This sounded logical and I offered to pay him cash. He then said that the
>>> company required the payment to be by credit or debit card only so that
>>> everything is properly accounted for.
>>> My husband, who by this time was standing beside me, pulled his wallet out
>>> of his pocket with the credit/debit card, and 'John', the "delivery man",
>>> asked my husband to swipe the card on the small mobile card machine which
>>> had a small screen and keypad where Frank was also asked to enter the
>>> card's PIN and security number. A receipt was printed out and given to us.
>>> To our horrible surprise, between Thursday and the following Monday, $4,000
>>> had been charged/withdrawn from our credit/debit account at various ATM
>>> machines.
>>> It appeared that somehow the "mobile credit card machine" which the
>>> delivery man carried now had all the info necessary to create a "dummy"
>>> card with all our card details after my husband swiped our card and entered
>>> the requested PIN and security number.
>>> Upon finding out about the illegal transactions on our card, we immediately
>>> notified the bank which issued us the card, and our credit/debit account
>>> was closed.
>>> We also personally went to the Police, where it was confirmed that it is
>>> definitely a scam because several households had been similarly hit.
>>> WARNING: Be wary of accepting any "surprise gift or package", which you
>>> neither expected nor personally ordered, especially if it involves any kind
>>> of payment as a condition of receiving the gift or package. Also, never
>>> accept anything if you do not personally know or there is no proper
>>> identification of who the sender is.
>>> Above all, the only time you should give out any personal credit/debit card
>>> information is when you yourself initiated the purchase or transaction!
>>> If you pass this on, it may just prevent someone else from being swindled!
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